ON ADVENTURE PODCAST | EPISODE 70
Episode 70: Saying Yes to the Right Invitations with Colin Stroud
Episode Description
What if your next great adventure is not a destination at all, but a willingness to say yes to the breadcrumbs life keeps dropping in front of you?
Colin Stroud is a 26-year-old credit card rewards consultant, founder of Go Somewhere, and one of the fastest growing voices on LinkedIn in the points and miles space. He grew up in Fort Wayne, Indiana, the son of an OB/GYN and a nurse midwife who met delivering a baby together, and he was on track for a more traditional path until a six-week Spanish immersion trip to Oviedo at 16 cracked the world wide open. From there it was Italy on a $380 flight, a Catholic mission to Poland, an unlikely run at Ave Maria University in south Florida, an early marriage and a baby on the way before he had even graduated, and a first job in life insurance case design that he knew almost immediately was not it.
What followed is a story about paying attention. A coworker mentioned the Chase Trifecta. A LinkedIn post about points went viral and got picked up by The Washington Post. A side hustle turned into consulting calls, then into a community for business owners, then into a full-time business helping families and entrepreneurs unlock travel they thought they could not afford.
We talk about why early travel rewires you, what it actually takes to leave a steady paycheck, the difference between dopamine and meaning, why family life and entrepreneurship feel like the truest adventures of his life right now, and the surprising decision he and his wife made after almost moving to Hawaii. Colin makes a strong case that the go somewhere life is not always about getting on a plane, and that learning to be rooted where your feet are can be its own kind of expedition.
Episode Highlights
00:00 From cheap flights as a teenager to a full-time business helping people unlock travel
06:00 World Youth Day in Poland, six weeks of Spanish immersion in Oviedo, and catching the travel bug
14:00 Marriage, a baby on the way, and a first job in life insurance that did not fit
18:00 Discovering the Chase Trifecta and stepping into the points world
23:00 The first viral LinkedIn post and a Washington Post quote that changed everything
25:00 Quitting in November 2024 and going full-time on Go Somewhere
30:00 Almost moving to Hawaii, pumping the brakes, and rethinking what travel does for young kids
34:00 Why family life and entrepreneurship are the truest adventures of his life right now
39:00 Measuring yourself: finally finding feedback after years of feeling stuck
47:00 The two ingredients behind a viable internet business: clear writing and consistent humility
55:00 What adventure means now and where to find Colin online
Connect with Colin Stroud
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/colinstroud
Website: gosomewhere.world
Newsletter: The Go Somewhere Newsletter at gosomewhere.world
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